
A total of seven Frog football players have received preseason All-America honors from various organizations, with six Horned Frogs appearing on watch lists for national awards; Head coach Gary Patterson is also up for an honor.
Included below is an updated TCU preseason honor roll, as of Aug. 12:
Gary Patterson, Head Coach*Preseason Coach of the Year, Playboy
Marcus Cannon, OT*Outland Trophy Watch List*Rotary Lombardi Award Watch List*Preseason All-American, Playboy*Preseason Second-Team All-American, Rivals.com/Yahoo! Sports*Preseason Third-Team All-American, Phil Steele’s College Football Preview*Preseason Honorable-Mention All-American, NationalChamps.net*Preseason All-Mountain West Conference*Best Offensive Lineman in Texas, Dave Campbell’s Texas Football*Preseason First-Team All-Texas College, Dave Campbell’s Texas Football*All-Texas Team, Sporting News*Ranked third among offensive tackles for the 2011 NFL Draft, ESPN’s Mel Kiper Jr.*Ranked fifth in the nation among offensive tackles, Lindy’s
Tank Carder, LB*Chuck Bednarik Award Watch List*Bronko Nagurski Trophy Watch List*Rotary Lombardi Award Watch List*Preseason Third-Team All-American, Sporting News*Preseason Fourth-Team All-American, Phil Steele’s College Football Preview*Preseason Mountain West Conference Defensive Player of the Year*Preseason All-Mountain West Conference*Best Linebacker in Texas, Dave Campbell’s Texas Football*Preseason First-Team All-Texas College, Dave Campbell’s Texas Football*All-Texas Team, Sporting News*Ranked 10th in the nation among inside linebackers, Lindy’s*One of 12 “New stars you must know” in 2010, CollegeFootballNews.com
Andy Dalton, QB*Davey O’Brien Award Watch List*Manning Award Watch List*Johnny Unitas Award Watch List*Maxwell Award Watch List*One of 30 “Players to Watch” for the Walter Camp Player of the Year Award*Preseason Honorable-Mention All-American, NationalChamps.net*Preseason Mountain West Conference Offensive Player of the Year*Preseason All-Mountain West Conference*Ranked 12th in the nation among quarterbacks, Lindy’s*One of 10 “Players who will take their game to the next level” in 2010, CollegeFootballNews.com
Wayne Daniels, DE*Rotary Lombardi Award Watch List*Preseason All-Mountain West Conference*Preseason Second-Team All-Texas College, Dave Campbell’s Texas Football*One of 10 “Fresh new faces” in 2010, CBSSports.com
Ross Evans, PK*Preseason Honorable-Mention All-American, NationalChamps.net*Preseason All-Mountain West Conference*Preseason First-Team All-Texas College, Dave Campbell’s Texas Football*All-Texas Team, Sporting News
Cory Grant, DT*Preseason All-Mountain West Conference*All-Texas Team, Sporting News
Kelly Griffin, NT*Preseason Second-Team All-Texas College, Dave Campbell’s Texas Football
Tejay Johnson, S*Bronko Nagurski Trophy Watch List*Lott Trophy Watch List*Thorpe Award Watch List*Preseason Second-Team All-American, Rivals.com/Yahoo! Sports*Preseason Third-Team All-American, Phil Steele’s College Football Preview*Preseason Second-Team All-Texas College, Dave Campbell’s Texas Football*Ranked 10th in the nation among safeties, Lindy’s*Nominee for Allstate AFCA Good Works Team*Nominee for Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award
Jeremy Kerley, PR*Preseason First-Team All-American, Phil Steele’s College Football Preview*Preseason First-Team All-American, Rivals.com/Yahoo! Sports*Preseason First-Team All-American, NationalChamps.net*Preseason Second-Team All-American, Sporting News*Preseason Third-Team All-American, Athlon*Preseason Mountain West Conference Special Teams Player of the Year*Preseason All-Mountain West Conference, Return Specialist*Preseason First-Team All-Texas College, Dave Campbell’s Texas Football*All-Texas Team, Sporting News
Jake Kirkpatrick, C*Outland Trophy Watch List*Rimington Trophy Watch List*Rotary Lombardi Award Watch List*Preseason First-Team All-American, Sports Illustrated*Preseason First-Team All-American, Sporting News*Preseason First-Team All-American, Rivals.com/Yahoo! Sports*Preseason Second-Team All-American, NationalChamps.net*Preseason All-Mountain West Conference*Preseason First-Team All-Texas College, Dave Campbell’s 2010 Texas Football*Ranked third in the nation among centers, Lindy’s
Jason Teague, CB*Named an “Under-the-radar difference-maker to watch” in 2010, Rivals.com
TCU Offensive Backfield
*Ranked fifth in the nation, Lindy’s